Science.
Quick Hits
10 random key ideas.
1.
Article summary:
Reality may not be particles afterall. It may be more like waves, vibrations, or strings.
2.
Quote:
- Carl Sagan.
- circa 1980.
Meaning:
We are not separate from the universe—we are expressions of it, linked by matter, chemistry, and atoms.
3.
From History: ~1.55 Billion Years Ago (+/- 5 million)
About 1.55 billion years ago, bikonts evolved two flagella to pull themselves forward. These tiny rowboats led to all plants and is not an animal-fungi ancestor.
4.
Quantum entanglement is when two particles share a connection so deep that measuring one is tied to the outcome of the other, even across great distances.
5.
Quote:
- Charles Darwin.
- 1859.
Meaning:
Survival belongs to organisms that respond effectively to change as environments shift over time.
6.
From History: 66.04 million years ago to the present.
The Cenozoic era starts with the K–Pg extinction 66 million years ago. That event marks the sudden end of the reign of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals and birds.
7.
Article summary:
Empty space is not nothing—it is structured, active, and defined by fields, particles, and forces.
8.
Quote:
- Heraclitus.
- 500 BCE.
Meaning:
Change is the only form of permanence that exists—first glimpsed by ancient thinkers, and now woven into the fabric of modern science.
9.
From History: 112,000 Years (+/- 3000 years)
Homo erectus didn’t just come before us—they lasted so long that, in deep time, they almost shared space with modern humans in Java.
10.
With the motion of life, cause and effect feel certain. We see stable patterns. But Hume reminds you, correlation does not guarantee causation.
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